The Chalkline

Last week authorities were finally able to bring peace to Brittanee Drexel’s family!! After being identified through dental records, it was announced that Brittanee’s remains were found on May 11th AND AND AND that the piece of sh** responsible was charged with her murder. We here at Chalkline headquarters were so happy to hear the news and wanted to share her story. Now normally spring break is supposed to be the ultimate fun time. But if you’re a parent, spring break is the ultimate stressor. It’s just easier to tell your kid no. But what if you tell your kid no and they go anyway? And what if that’s the last time you speak? This is the disappearance of Brittany Drexel.

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Sources for this episode:

Investigation Discovery: Disappeared - The Secret Journey S2 E1 (2010)

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2022/05/20/brittanee-drexel-death-timothy-taylor-mom-speaks-out-false-accusation-son/9840623002/

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/suspect-charged-after-body-of-missing-new-york-teen-brittanee-drexel-is-discovered

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/was-brittanee-drexell-fed-to-alligators--a-shocking-spring-break

Its cruise ship fuckery yall. I simply cannot. I won’t. I can’t even, and this case is odd as hell. The sea is a lawless land and you guys are going to want to hear EVERYTHING about it before your next trip. It all started with a phone call. A worried girl calls her grandpa, frantic as hell, wondering where her mother is because they haven’t spoken in dayssss. It would take police almost a whole month to track her down. But when they do, nothing is as it seems. Selena Gomes taught us best.

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Sources for this episode:

https://thehustle.co/the-economics-of-cruise-ships/#:~:text=Under%20an%20obscure%2C%2099%2Dyear,drive%20a%20cruise%20ship%20through.

https://charleyproject.org/case/merrian-lynn-carver

https://www.cruiselawnews.com/2017/04/articles/crime/ken-carver-honored-for-cruise-safety/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/vanished-sea-baffling-cruise-ship-missing-persons-cases/story?id=15380865

https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=1541034

https://www.jhmoncrieff.com/unsolved-mysteries-whatever-happened-to-merrian-carver/

https://www.nautilusint.org/en/news-insight/news/ken-carver-leading-campaigner-for-cruise-ship-safety-dies/

https://www.cruiselawnews.com/2010/01/articles/disappearances/prayer-garden-statue-dedicated-to-merrian-carver/

https://naylorlaw.com/blog/flag-of-convenience/

https://charleyproject.org/case/merrian-lynn-carver

https://internationalcruisevictims.org/stories/merrian-carver/

This one's a doozy…so strap in and lets get to it. Casey Anthony ?!?! Are we sure about this? Yes. Yes, we are. But, forget her snooty little pretentious wannabe ungrateful horrible.....ya know what, we’re gonna cut this one real short. It’s a case many of you know, many have feelings toward, and many request. At its core, it is a tragedy of a baby girl who was taken from us way too soon. But this case was clouded by so much more (you guys have literally no ideadsjodhfcksdhos, sorry spazzed a little bit…anyways). This is the case of Caylee Anthony.

Tune in every THURSDAY for a new episode !

Sources for this episode:

Discovery Plus - Casey Anthony: An American Murder Mystery (2017)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rPu6XiPs10

**Cindy Anthony’s 1st 911 Call ^ ^ ^ ^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUPukLhF10w

**Cindy Anthony’s 2nd 911 Call ^ ^ ^ ^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTjf8a5PoIY

**Cindy Anthony’s 3rd 911 Call ^ ^ ^ ^

https://www.biography.com/news/casey-anthony-muder-trial-timeline-facts

https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/where-is-casey-anthony-now-see-where-she-is-after-the-death-of-her-daughter/

This week we are going to be walking through American Murder: The Family Next Door, a documentary Netflix put out, all about the life of Shanann Watts. The documentary details her life, raising two kids, and how it got torn apart by the one person who was supposed to protect and love them.

Sources for this episode:

https://parade.com/1100204/jessicasager/shanann-watts-family-brother-react-netflix-documentary-chris-watts/

https://www.biography.com/news/chris-watts-wife-daughters-murder-mistress-confession-timeline#:~:text=June%202015%3A%20The%20Watts%20files,their%20%244%2C900%20in%20monthly%20expenses

American Murder: The Family Next Door on Netflix

This is the case that consumed the nation in 2019, before we knew what Covid even meant. It’s about a family from a picturesque town in Connecticut that was torn apart by the disappearance of the matriarch. This is the disappearance of Jennifer Farbor Dulos.

Sources for this episode:

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/6-things-to-know-about-Jennifer-Dulos-16226896.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Jennifer_Dulos

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/Jennifer-Dulos-search-resumes-at-Waveny-Park-13906380.php

https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/trending/jennifer-dulos-police-conduct-new-search-near-park-case-missing-connecticut-mother/DKNGSO7ELJBZ7BUWCZCRGNCEUA/

https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-dulos-troconis-speaks-20200521-4mwn5hzu4zet5go2ieioyqw3cu-story.html

https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-dulos-troconis-arrest-warrant-challenge-20211203-20211203-37pzncqh7jdnll72lwcne4ooba-story.html

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Kent-Mawhinney-charged-in-Jennifer-Dulos-16785086.php

Dateline episode

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7912735/Shocking-blog-post-written-missing-mother-five-Jennifer-Dulos-revealed.html

In 2019 Samuel Little was declared the most prolific serial killer in U.S. History, having confessed to 93 murders, FBI and Texas Rangers are still actively working to identify these victims. Despite committing a slew of other crimes, that led to him being arrested over 100 times, he was still able to evade capture. The question is how. How did all these victims go unnoticed?

Sources for this episode:

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/vicap-links-murders-to-prolific-serial-killer-112718

https://www.latimes.com/local/crime/la-me-serial-killer-sentenced-20140926-story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/samuel-little-serial-killer/part-one/

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/31/951918219/samuel-little-the-nations-most-prolific-serial-killer-dies-at-80

https://news.sky.com/story/samuel-little-who-were-the-victims-of-americas-worst-serial-killer-11830628

https://www.oxygen.com/catching-a-serial-killer-sam-little/crime-news/timeline-samuel-little-serial-killer

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/samuel-little-most-prolific-serial-killer-in-us-history-100619

https://www.dps.texas.gov/news/new-details-released-unsolved-samuel-little-murders

https://clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/the-read/articles/in-the-shadows

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/samuel-little-serial-killer/part-two/?itid=gr_samuel-little_enhanced-template_2

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/us/samuel-little-serial-killer-murderer.html

Kalief Browder’s story is one that inspires change. Through every injustice that Kalief faced, he tackled it head on, not letting up for a second. All to fight for the one thing he knew he had, his truth.

Sources for this episode:

https://stopsolitaryforkids.org/kalief-browder-lost-to-solitary-confinement/

The September 23, 2012 incident in Rikers

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/exclusive-video-violence-inside-rikers

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/06/before-the-law

https://innocenceproject.org/remembering-kalief-browder-year-suicide-rikers-island-shutdown/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/family-kalief-browder-young-man-who-killed-himself-after-jail-n962466

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/nyregion/kalief-browder-settlement-lawsuit.html

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/kalief-browder-in-his-own-words

https://www.kaliefbrowderfoundation.com/

Some links about the topics we covered today:

https://www.raceforward.org/videos/systemic-racism

https://www.elle.com.au/news/black-lives-matter-ally-23575

https://www.elle.com.au/news/performative-allyship-23586

https://www.ted.com/talks/dr_phillip_atiba_goff_rashad_robinson_dr_bernice_king_anthony_d_romero_the_path_to_ending_systemic_racism_in_the_us/

https://www.ted.com/talks/alicia_garza_patrisse_cullors_and_opal_tometi_an_interview_with_the_founders_of_black_lives_matter/

https://naacp.org/take-action

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01394

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYyvbgINZkQ

The foundational promises of justice and freedom come at a sacrificial cost to black Americans as we demand to be seen and heard regardless of our gender, age, educational attainment and socioeconomic status. When we’re thrust into unsolicited encounters with law enforcement, it leaves us bruised, humiliated and with a loss of dignity not otherwise experienced by a majority of Americans who benefit from the liberties promised by “our” America. - Sharon Cooper

Sources for this episode:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/us/sandra-bland-video-brian-encinia.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/us/sandra-bland-brian-encinia.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/07/sandra-bland-video-footage-arrest-death-police-custody-latest-news

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/06/24/fact-check-sandra-bland-alive-in-mugshot-photo/7726825002/

https://abc13.com/sandra-bland-arrest-death-jailhouse/2211158/

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sandra-bland-dies-in-jail

​​https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/us/sandra-bland-video-brian-encinia.html

RAW Video of Sandra Bland’s Cell Phone Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hevRqm40RvM

https://www.texastribune.org/2017/09/16/trooper-fired-sandra-bland-stop-my-safety-was-jeopardy/

https://abcnews.go.com/theview/video/sandra-blands-sisters-speak-search-answers-59448610

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mX8-6NDgDA

https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/5/15/18625215/sandra-bland-traffic-stop-police-violence-sharon-cooper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV4vBq0Jl_8 

Some links about the topics we covered today:

https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/police-brutality/

nytimes.com/topic/subject/police-brutality-misconduct-and-shootings

justice.gov/crt/addressing-police-misconduct-laws-enforced-department-justice

13th Documentary on Netflix

https://www.raceforward.org/videos/systemic-racism  

https://blackandmissinginc.com/ 

https://www.elle.com.au/news/black-lives-matter-ally-23575 

https://www.elle.com.au/news/performative-allyship-23586 

https://www.ted.com/talks/dr_phillip_atiba_goff_rashad_robinson_dr_bernice_king_anthony_d_romero_the_path_to_ending_systemic_racism_in_the_us/ 

https://www.ted.com/talks/alicia_garza_patrisse_cullors_and_opal_tometi_an_interview_with_the_founders_of_black_lives_matter/ 

https://naacp.org/take-action 

It’s Sunday night and the streets of Germantown Philadelphia are barren. I mean sure there's two or three people walking around but it's a quiet night. That is until a voice breaks through and screams for help. What follows is a trail of clues, a massive search, and the bravery of Carlesha Freeland-Gaither.

Sources for this episode:

Investigation Discovery | Caught on Camera: The Untold Stories,

https://youtu.be/zloyi4iSDvo

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/abducted-woman-found-alive-in-maryland-police-source/2114404/

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/germantown-abductor-sentencing-carlesha-freeland-gaither-delvin-barnes-philadelphia-kidnapping-caught-on-cam/2029863/

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/virginia-man-sentenced-35-years-prison-kidnapping-philadelphia-woman-city-street

https://www.nbc12.com/story/32342640/delvin-barnes-sentenced-to-35-years-after-kidnappings-in-richmond-philadelphia/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/inside-criminal-past-alleged-philadelphia-abductor/story?id=26733273